Courses

Visit individual course pages to find out more information for 2026:

100 Level

Courses with some HAS content:

• ENGL110/MAOR131/TITO101 Māori Storytelling
  (This courses includes a focus on relationships with animal whanaunga).
  Contact: Kirsty Dunn
  
  
• ENGL102 Great Works
  (An introduction to literary studies, but includes texts dealing with animals and human-animal transformations)
  Contact: Philip Armstrong

200 Level

Courses specifically dedicated to HAS:

• ENGL243/CULT206 Creature Features: From Jaws to Planet of the Apes
  Contact: Annie Potts

300 Level

Courses specifically dedicated to HAS:

• ENGL349 Creature Features: From Jaws to Planet of the Apes
  Contact: Annie Potts

• ENGL318/CULT335 Animal Stories: From Mythology to Social Media
  Contact: Annie Potts

Honours/400-level

Courses specifically dedicated to HAS:

• Subject to development of an appropriate topic and supervision, students may also opt for an independent research project in human-animal studies at 400 level in English, or Cultural Studies: ENGL442, ENGL480, CULT402.
   

PhD in Human-Animal Studies

• HUAN790 Human-Animal Studies PhD
  Contact: Philip Armstrong